Webb School - Sawney Yearbook (Bell Buckle, TN)

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In B League, Owen Hendley's team came out on top with the teams of Bill Steffens, Bob Ball, and Ed Barker following in that order. In C League it seems that Hugh Sherman and Eddie Maupin had the outstanding teams. On January 14, Webb was host to an AA Intra- mural team from David Lipscomb College. The boys had a very smooth running team and defeated Webb by a score of 81-42. They had been vic- torious over several Nashville high schools and showed their skill by sinking an extremely high per- centage of their shots. Webb took an early lead in the game, only to have it snatched away from them after the first quarter. The score at the half was 37-25 in favor of Lips- comb. The substitutes played the entire second half in order to gain experience for future games. Cn January 22, the DKE's from Vanderbilt handed Webb .1 close defeat. The game proved to be a very interesting one as Webb took .1 slight lead in the second quarter, and held it until the last minutes of play. Thomas Wescott was high scorer for Webb, having bagged at total of 21 points, while 1-

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2 As usual, Webb had a highly competive basketball season. The boys came out in full force to fill all three leagues with four teams in each. In A League, Ab Taylor, Bill Lassister, Lewis Holmes and Thomas Wescott were elected captains and they chose teams which were fairly even. In the first game of the Round Robin, Taylor was victorious over Lassiter and Wescott defeated Holmes. Taylor and Wfescott were victorious again in the second round, but Taylor handed Wescott his first defeat in the third round. Taylor's win over Lassiter in the fourth found made his team the league champions. This, the highest scoring game of the tournament, was won 85-40. Taylor racked up 27 points and Richard Murphy 20 for the winning team, while Lassiter dunked 21 to lead the losers. Eason and Charrzbliss boosted the winners' score by adding 16 points each. In the fifth game Holmes upset Taylor by a score of 35-29. This ended the tournament, giving Tay- lor a 4-1 record, while Holmes slid into a tie for second with Wescott with a 3-2 record. Lassiter was last with 2 wins and 3 losses. Taylor and Wescott Under the Board F Page 42 Varsity in Action

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Stephenson collected 28 points at the DKE's high- point man. Taylor and Lassiter also rendered good offensive play for Webb while Holmes and Herring made an excellent showing on defense. The DKE team was,made up mostly of Webb graduates with few other frate nity members here to help out. NVebb's line-up for these two outside games was: F-Herring F-Holmes C-Wescott G-Taylor G-Lassiter 71' il' 7? 5? In a three game series the Seniors defeated the Juniors by winning the last two games in what was by far the highlight of the season. The Juniors and Seniors, having been victorious over the Sophomores and Freshmen, respectively, met in the semifinals. As predicted, the Juniors emerged as victors by a score of 30-28. The Seniors, having defeated the Sophomores, returned as a new team to upset the favored Juniors in the second game, 47- 42. Patterson and R. Murphy spurred the Seniors off to a good start by scoring eight points between them to the Juniors two in the opening minutes of the game. The steady playing of Taylor and Holmes increased this lead until at the half the Seniors led 34-15. A brilliant comeback was staged by the Juniors in the second half as Lassiter led the scoring with 20 points, and the defense was sparked by Chambliss and Eason, but the Senior lead was not to be over- come. The final score was 47-42. Herring and Wescott played fine games for the Juniors. The third and final was played the next day and was the hardest fought. The players of both teams were highly nervous, which probably accounts for the low scoring. The Seniors took an early lead and held it throughout, largely because of the good rebounding by Holmes, the Senior captain, and F. Smith, and the excellent shooting of Taylor and Patterson. Sam Eason, the Junior captain, led his team into one of the hardest fought tournaments that Webb will ever see, and, although they lost, the Juniors played a series of which to be proud. Page 44 Junior Team Senior Team